9.3.21 Service station code

9.3.21.1 Application

(1) This code applies to assessing a material change of use if:

(a) assessable development where this code is an applicable code identified in the assessment benchmarks column of a table of assessment for a material change of use (section 5.5) or a neighbourhood plan (section 5.9); or

(b) impact assessable development, for a service station or a use of a similar nature.

(c) the site is accessed from the internal driveway system of the centre.

AO1.4

Development is only located in a zone in the industry zones category where the site is located on a major road.

PO2

Development maintains and contributes to the visual amenity of the locality.

AO2

Development ensures:

(a) a continuous 3m wide landscape strip containing groundcover and small shrubs is maintained along the frontage of the site;

(b) any building or structure is located at least 7m behind the landscape strip.

PO3

Development provides refuse and recycling collection, separation and storage facilities that are located and managed to minimise adverse impacts on neighbouring properties and the public realm.

AO3.1

Development provides for a dedicated area or system to ensure adequate access to and removal of refuse and recycling.

AO3.2

Development ensures that refuse and recycling collection and storage location and design do not have any adverse impact (including odour, noise or visual impacts) on the amenity of adjoining land uses.

Development that has an annual throughput of motor spirit (including unleaded petrol, premium unleaded petrol and ethanol blends but excluding diesel) that exceeds 520,000L includes the installation of Stage 1 vapour recovery in compliance with the air quality section of the Storage and dispensing of petroleum products planning scheme policy.

AO7.2

Development:

(a) if the annual throughput does not exceed 1.2ML of fuel ensures fuel-dispensing areas and vents are not located within 10m of a sensitive use or a sensitive zone;

(b) if the annual throughput is between 1.2ML and 9ML of fuel, ensures fuel dispensing areas and vents are not located within 50m of a sensitive use;

LAeq,adj,T: The adjusted A-weighted equivalent continuous sound pressure level of the development during the time period T, where T is an 11-hr day (7am–6pm), 4-hr evening (6pm–10pm) and 9-hr night (10pm–7am), determined in accordance with the methodology described in the Noise impact assessment planning scheme policy.

LAeq,9hr: The A-weighted equivalent continuous sound pressure level of the development during the night-time period 10pm to 7am, determined in accordance with the methodology described in the Noise impact assessment planning scheme policy.

Night: 10pm to 7am

dB(A): A-weighted decibels

Table 9.3.21.3.D—Air quality planning criteria

Pollutant

Averaging time

Health outcome protected

Criteria including background (µg/m3)

Criteria including background (ppm)

Benzene

Annual

Health and wellbeing

10

0.003

Cyclohexane

1 hour

Health and wellbeing

19,000

5

Ethylbenzene

1 hour

Health and wellbeing

8,000

1.8

n-Hexane

1 hour

Health and wellbeing

3,200

0.9

Styrene

1 hour

Odour

65

0.014

7 days

Health and wellbeing

280

0.06

Toluene

1 hour

Odour

958

0.23

24 hours

Health and wellbeing

4,100

1

Annual

Health and wellbeing

410

0.1

Xylenes (as a total of ortho, meta and para isomers)

24 hours

Health and wellbeing

1,200

0.25

Annual

Health and wellbeing

950

0.2

Note—

Criteria that are stated in µg/m3 are to be referenced to 0°C.

Criteria that are stated in ppm are to be expressed as volume/volume.

Averaging times of 1 hour or less are to be presented using the 99.9th percentile concentration of the total site impact from dispersion modelling and background concentration for all pollutants in the above table, or the maximum concentration from dispersion modelling if no background concentration is available.

Averaging times of greater than 1 hour are to be presented using the maximum concentration of the total site impact from dispersion modelling and background concentration.

Table 9.3.21.3.E—Odour criteria

Pollutant

Averaging time

Health outcome protected

Criteria (odour units – OU)

Odour

1 hour

Odour

0.5 OU for tall stacks

Odour

1 hour

Odour

2.5 OU for ground-level and wake-affected plumes from short stacks

Note—Odour criteria are to be evaluated using the 99.5th percentile concentration from dispersion modelling.

Incident heat flux radiation does not exceed 4.7kW/m2 at a frequency of more than 50 chances in a million per year.

Explosion overpressure

Incident explosion overpressure does not exceed 7kPa at frequencies of more than 50 chances in a million per year

Toxic exposure

Toxic concentrations do not exceed a level which would be seriously injurious to sensitive members of the community following a relatively short period of exposure at a maximum frequency of 10 in a million per year.

Toxic concentrations will not cause irritation to eyes or throat, coughing or other acute physiological responses in sensitive members of the community over a maximum frequency of 50 in a million per year.

Risk to property damage and accident propagation

Type of property damage accident propagation risk

Land use

Property damage and accident propagation risk criteria

Heat radiation

Neighbouring potentially hazardous installations or at land zoned to accommodate such installations

Incident heat flux radiation not to exceed a risk of 50 in a million per year for the 23kW/m2 heat flux level

Explosion overpressure

Neighbouring potentially hazardous installations; at land zoned to accommodate such installations, or

at nearest public buildings

Incident explosion overpressure not to exceed a risk of 50 in a million per year for the 14kPa explosion overpressure level